1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Asian zone (AFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification.
Format
A total of 36 teams entered the competition. The Asian zone was allocated 3.5 places (out of 32) in the final tournament.
There were three rounds of play:
First round: The 36 teams were divided into 10 groups of 3 or 4 teams each. The teams played against each other twice, except in Group 10, where the teams played against each other once. The group winners advanced to the final round.
Final round: The 10 teams were divided into 2 groups of 5 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners qualified for the World Cup. The runners-up advanced to the AFC play-off.
Play-off: The two teams played against each other once in Malaysia. The winner qualify for the World Cup. The loser advanced to the AFC–OFC intercontinental play-offs.
First round
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Group 9
Group 10
Final round
Group A
Group B
Play-off
The play-off was played over a single leg at a neutral venue.
Extra time was played using the golden goal rule.
Inter-confederation play-offs
Qualified teams
The following four teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament.
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
There were 459 goals scored in 132 matches (including 2 international play-offs), for an average of 3.53 goals per match.
19 goals
Karim Bagheri
14 goals
Kazuyoshi Miura
9 goals
Ali Daei
Choi Yong-soo
8 goals
Khodadad Azizi
Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi
Oleg Shatskikh
7 goals
Takuya Takagi
Khaled Al-Muwallid
6 goals
Hao Haidong
Said Bayazid
5 goals
Hidetoshi Nakata
Jasem Al Huwaidi
Ibrahim Al-Shahrani
Omar Al Ariki
4 goals
Fan Zhiyi
Mehdi Mahdavikia
Alireza Mansourian
Hussam Fawzi
Viktor Zubarev
Bashar Abdulaziz
Nihad Al Boushi
Arsen Avakov
Khamees Saad Mubarak
Ravshan Bozorov
Andrei Fyodorov
Igor Shkvyrin
3 goals
Gao Feng
Rocky Putiray
Widodo Putro
Hamid Estili
Reza Shahroudi
Laith Hussein
Yutaka Akita
Wagner Lopes
Hiroshi Nanami
Boulat Esmagambetov
Vladimir Loginov
Pavel Yevteyev
Sergey Kutsov
Ahmed Hassan
Mahmoud Soufi
Obeid Al-Dosari
Fahad Al-Mehallel
Kim Do-hoon
Lee Sang-yoon
Yoo Sang-chul
Nader Joukhadar
Khaled Al Zaher
Shukhrat Dzhaborov
Takhirdjon Mouminov
Mouslim Agaev
Zuhair Bakheet
2 goals
Mohammed Jewel Rana
Hok Sochetra
Li Bing
Ma Mingyu
Peng Weiguo
Ansyari Lubis
Ronny Wabia
Mehrdad Minavand
Ali Asghar Modir Roosta
Sahib Abbas
Qahtan Chathir
Shoji Jo
Hiroaki Morishima
Masashi Nakayama
Akinori Nishizawa
Norio Omura
Jeris Tadrus
Alexei Klishin
Nourken Mazbaev
Fawaz Al Ahmad
Hamed Al Saleh
Farhat Haitbaev
Aleksandr Merzlikin
Abdulfattah Shehab
Mahfood Sultan Al Araimi
Saeed Shaaban Al Busaidy
Majdi Shaaban Samir
Mohammad Umer
Zamel Al Kuwari
Adel Khamis Al Noobi
Fazli
Choi Moon-sik
Ha Seok-ju
Seo Jung-won
Roshan Perera
Aref Al Agha
Tarek Jabban
Oumed Alidodov
Viacheslav Knizaev
Natipong Sritong-In
Adnan Al Talyani
Adel Mohamed Abdulla
Numon Khasanov
Sergey Lebedev
Shukhrat Maksudov
Abdukahhor Marifaliev
Nikolai Shirshov
1 goal
Khaled Al-Doseri
Hameed Darwish
Faisal Aziz Rashed
Mohammed Alfaz Ahmed
Ahmed Imtiaz
Li Jinyu
Li Ming
Mao Yijun
Su Maozhen
Zhang Enhua
Chen Kuei-jen
Hsu Te Ming
Huang Che-ming
Lin Wen Han
Au Wai Lun
Cheng Sin Siu
Lee Kin Woo
Carlton Chapman
Bruno Coutinho
Raman Vijayan
Sudirman
Farhad Majidi
Ali Mousavi
Haidar Abdullah
Ahmed Radhi
Sadiq Saadoun
Yasuto Honda
Masami Ihara
Masayuki Okano
Naoki Soma
Motohiro Yamaguchi
Basam Al-Khateeb
Hassouneh Al-Sheikh
Ruslan Baltiyev
Vitali Sparyshev
Valeri Yablochkin
Dmitri Yurist
Faisal Al Otaibi
Hani Al Saqer
Jamal Mubarak
Abdullah Saihan
Vladimir Chertkov
Sergei Ivanov
Alexandr Korzanov
Kanat Sardarov
Rafik Yusupov
Babkin Melikian
Wael Nazha
Che Chi Man
Cheang Chon Man
José Maria da Cruz Martins
Idris Abdul Karim
Azman Adnan
Ahmad Che Zambil
Rosdee Sulong
Zainal Abidin Hassan
Deepak Amatya
Hari Khadka
Mohamed Tayib Abdul Noor
Farid Al Masori
Nabeel Mubar Al Siyabi
Zahir Rafiq
Dahi Al Naemi
Abdul Jaloof
Nasir Khamees
Waleed Bakhit Maayof
Abdulaziz Al-Dosari
Abdullah Al-Dosari
Sami Al-Jaber
Khalid Al-Temawi
Yousuf Al-Thunayan
Khamis Al-Zahrani
Chuan Tan Teng
Zulkarnaen Zainal
Ko Jeong-woon
Lee Min-sung
Park Kun-ha
Roh Sang-rae
Anton Silva
Chaminda Steinwall
Redwan Abrash
Ali Cheikh Dib
Abdel Kader Rifai
Ammar Rihawi
Bashar Srour
Loay Taleb
Alier Achourmamadov
Dusit Chalermsan
Krissada Piandit
Piyapong Pue-on
Redjeb Agabaev
Valeri Broshin
Valeri Gulyan
Djumadurdy Meredov
Georgi Tkavadze
Bakhit Alabadla
Gholam Ali
Hassan Mubarak
Mohamed Obaid
Ahmed Saeed
Jafar Irismetov
Bahtior Kambaraliev
Mirdjalal Kasimov
Lê Huỳnh Đức
Nguyễn Công Vinh
Abdul Rahman Abdulla
Jeyeb Bashafal
Esam Dariban
Munif Shaef Noman
Mohammed Zughair
1 own goal
Sadiq Saadoun (playing against Kazakhstan)
Raju Kaji Shakya (playing against Oman)
Notes
External links
1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) at FIFA.com
FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
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